Tian Qin

6.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
63 papers, 5.2k citations indexed

About

Tian Qin is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Pharmaceutical Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Tian Qin has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 5.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Organic Chemistry, 15 papers in Molecular Biology and 7 papers in Pharmaceutical Science. Recurrent topics in Tian Qin's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (19 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (16 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (11 papers). Tian Qin is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (19 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (16 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (11 papers). Tian Qin collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Tian Qin's co-authors include Phil S. Baran, Jacob T. Edwards, Rohan R. Merchant, Martin D. Eastgate, Lara R. Malins, Josep Cornellà, John A. Porco, Shuhei Kawamura, Jet Tsien and Brad D. Maxwell and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Tian Qin

61 papers receiving 5.1k citations

Hit Papers

A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-act... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2016 2015 2016 2017 2024 200 400 600
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-active esters and alkylzinc reagents
    2016 628 citations Tian Qin, Lara R. Malins et al. Science profile →
  2. Practical olefin hydroamination with nitroarenes
    2015 452 citations Jinghan Gui, Ying Jin et al. Science profile →
  3. Practical Ni-Catalyzed Aryl–Alkyl Cross-Coupling of Secondary Redox-Active Esters
    2016 381 citations Jacob T. Edwards, Tian Qin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  4. Fe-Catalyzed C–C Bond Construction from Olefins via Radicals
    2017 357 citations Julian C. Lo, Jacob T. Edwards et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Three-dimensional saturated C(sp3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene
    2024 132 citations Jet Tsien, Chao Hu et al. Nature Reviews Chemistry profile →

Peers

Tian Qin
Jason S. Chen United States
Jeffrey N. Johnston United States
Kevin I. Booker‐Milburn United Kingdom
Fraser F. Fleming United States
Jonathan T. Reeves United States
Francis Marsais France
Francesca Cardona Italy
Renato Dalpozzo Italy
Yoshihiko Yamamoto Japan
Jason S. Chen United States
Tian Qin
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Fields of papers citing papers by Tian Qin

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tian Qin

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Tian Qin. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Tian Qin based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Tian Qin. Tian Qin is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Chang, Chao Hu, Jet Tsien, et al.. (2025). Bench-stable reagents for modular access to persulfuranyl scaffolds. Nature Communications. 16(1). 10185–10185. 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Chen‐Yan, et al.. (2025). Direct Access to Acylboranes via Formal Condensation of Carboxylic Acids with Ligated Boranes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(1). e16826–e16826.
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Hu, Chao, Chang Liu, Wenyuan Li, et al.. (2025). Modular Access to N-SF5 Azetidines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(38). 34218–34224. 6 indexed citations
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Tsien, Jet, Chao Hu, Rohan R. Merchant, & Tian Qin. (2024). Three-dimensional saturated C(sp3)-rich bioisosteres for benzene. Nature Reviews Chemistry. 8(8). 605–627. 132 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qi, Hao, Ningjie Wu, Zunyong Liu, et al.. (2024). A novel highly antifungal compound ZJS-178 targeting myosin I inhibits the endocytosis and mycotoxin biosynthesis of Fusarium graminearum. PubMed. 2(1). 14–14. 6 indexed citations
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Lewis, Richard J., Tian Qin, Ángeles López‐Martín, et al.. (2023). Chemo‐Enzymatic One‐Pot Oxidation of Cyclohexane via in‐situ H2O2 Production over Supported AuPdPt Catalysts. ChemCatChem. 15(10). 11 indexed citations
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Li, Peng, Yuanli Zhen, Chiho Kim, et al.. (2023). Nimbolide targets RNF114 to induce the trapping of PARP1 and synthetic lethality in BRCA -mutated cancer. Science Advances. 9(43). eadg7752–eadg7752. 25 indexed citations
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Kim, Chiho, et al.. (2023). Synthesis of nimbolide and its analogues and their application as poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 trapping inducers. Nature Synthesis. 3(3). 378–385. 11 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xiaoming, Lillian B. Sutherland, Tian Qin, et al.. (2022). Mutations linked to neurological disease enhance self-association of low-complexity protein sequences. Science. 377(6601). eabn5582–eabn5582. 63 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhu, Jet Tsien, Tian Qin, et al.. (2021). Characterization of the endogenous DAF-12 ligand and its use as an anthelmintic agent in Strongyloides stercoralis. eLife. 10. 13 indexed citations
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Yang, Yangyang, et al.. (2020). Practical and Modular Construction of C(sp 3 )-Rich Alkyl Boron Compounds. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(1). 471–480. 73 indexed citations
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Shang, Ming, Karla Santos Feu, Julien C. Vantourout, et al.. (2019). Modular, stereocontrolled C β –H/C α –C activation of alkyl carboxylic acids. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(18). 8721–8727. 42 indexed citations
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Ni, Shengyang, Natalia M. Padial, Cian Kingston, et al.. (2019). A Radical Approach to Anionic Chemistry: Synthesis of Ketones, Alcohols, and Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(16). 6726–6739. 182 indexed citations
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Wang, Jie, Helena Lundberg, Shota Asai, et al.. (2018). Kinetically guided radical-based synthesis of C(sp 3 )−C(sp 3 ) linkages on DNA. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(28). E6404–E6410. 128 indexed citations
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Merchant, Rohan R., Jacob T. Edwards, Tian Qin, et al.. (2018). Modular radical cross-coupling with sulfones enables access to sp 3 -rich (fluoro)alkylated scaffolds. Science. 360(6384). 75–80. 191 indexed citations
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Edwards, Jacob T., Rohan R. Merchant, Kyle S. McClymont, et al.. (2017). Decarboxylative alkenylation. Nature. 545(7653). 213–218. 295 indexed citations
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Qin, Tian, Lara R. Malins, Jacob T. Edwards, et al.. (2016). Nickel‐Catalyzed Barton Decarboxylation and Giese Reactions: A Practical Take on Classic Transforms. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(1). 260–265. 265 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhongshan, Guangsheng Wu, Mengying Wei, et al.. (2016). Improving the osteogenesis of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell sheets by microRNA-21-loaded chitosan/hyaluronic acid nanoparticles via reverse transfection. International Journal of Nanomedicine. 11. 2091–2091. 41 indexed citations
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Gui, Jinghan, Ying Jin, Tian Qin, et al.. (2015). Practical olefin hydroamination with nitroarenes. Science. 348(6237). 886–891. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Qin, Tian, et al.. (2015). Atropselective syntheses of (−) and (+) rugulotrosin A utilizing point-to-axial chirality transfer. Nature Chemistry. 7(3). 234–240. 89 indexed citations

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